Oct 29

CS Tea Talk: Dr. Josh Benaloh

Thu, October 29, 2020 • 4:00pm - 4:45pm (45m) • Via Zoom
Dr. Josh Benaloh (Microsoft Research) is a cryptographer whose reasearch focuses on voting and elections.
 
Title:  How to Run Elections in which Voters can Verify that their Votes are Correctly Counted
With traditional election technologies, voters have little choice but to trust that others will handle and count their votes properly.  They must trust their local election officials; they must trust the equipment that they use and, by extension, the vendors who built and programmed the equipment; and they must trust numerous other individuals and processes of which they may not even be aware.  We can do better.
 
This talk will show how elections can be run so that voters can confirm for themselves that their votes have been accurately counted – without having to trust any software, hardware, or personnel.  This is not just an academic exercise.  Systems have been built and piloted in actual elections, and there is reason to be optimistic about broader deployments in the near future.
Event Contact: pstowe

Event Summary

CS Tea Talk: Dr. Josh Benaloh
  • When
    • Thursday, October 29, 2020
    • 4:00pm - 4:45pm (45m)
  • Where
    • Via Zoom
  • Event Contact
    • pstowe
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  • Intended For: Students, Faculty, Staff

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